Is it worth upgrading?

[Scottona]

Hey All,

After lots of discussions about the new intels that are out I was wondering if it was worth upgrading! My main use for the comp is gaming and some video editing! Im currently sitting on:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16
2gb Corsair (cant remember which one)
512MB EVGA 7900GTX

Was thinking of hitting up a conroe and also either getting another GPU for SLI or upgrading to a newer card in general (I might leave the GPU as is until Vista and so on but could be a long way off)!

 

[Uriel]

First question - why? Something running too slow for you?

If you really want to upgrade just get the extra card. Upgrade the CPU when you'll notice more of a a difference. At the moment you'll hardly see a difference in games due to the CPU. Yes - video editing might be quicker but you'd need to get one of the higher end Core2Duos. An E6400 would be pretty similar to what you've got.

Maybe you could go for another EVGA 7900GTX for now and go with the step up option on an G80 - but I'd just hang around for some DX10 games.

Edit: And I'd only bother with SLI if you're running a 24" widescreen...

 

[easyrider]

Video Editing on a nicely clocked conroe offers amazing rendering times.

I Would go for it.You have to see the speed to believe it.

And my last rig was a opty 170@ 2.8ghz

Don't bother with SLI with the new cards so close.

 

[gt_junkie]

If you have the cash and want to then go for it!

You will see a good increase in performance i'm sure!

gt